Cup of Country- 4/22/15

 

Happy Birthday today to Glen Campbell, he is 79.

Reba Shares Her Thoughts on Country Artists Coming Out

 REBA MCENTIRE has been a longtime supporter of the gay and lesbian community, and she did an online chat recently to talk about LGBT rights.

She said that because she grew up in such a small town, the first time she met someone gay was in college.  And the first time she ever attended a gay WEDDING was just a couple months ago.

She was also asked to share her thoughts on artists like Billy Gilman, Ty Herndon, and Brandy Clark coming out of the closet.  She said, quote, “It’s really, really sad what they’re living with before they decide to come out.

“And then why they decide to come out, and how they deal with it after they’ve come out – the pressure society puts upon them, their families and what they put upon them, whether they accept it or they don’t.

“You know, my new album is called “Love Somebody” . . . I wish it’d been called “Love Everybody”.  You gotta love people for who they are.  Accept them, and then go on with life.”


 Jake Owen Constantly Worries About the Safety of His Baby on the Tour Bus

 When JAKE OWEN goes out on tour, his wife Lacey and their two-year-old daughter Olive are usually with him.  So when he hears about all these tour bus crashes, his reaction is more parental than anything else.

He says, quote, “I do worry about stuff like that, ’cause my little girl sleeps right above my wife and I when we’re going down the road.  When we go to bed at night, we sleep going 80 miles an hour.

“People don’t know the feeling of being dead asleep and all of a sudden feeling rumble strips.  You kinda just pray that everything’s okay.”

After the fire on LADY ANTEBELLUM’S tour bus, Jake was also quick to reach out to HILARY SCOTT to check on her baby.  Thankfully, little Eisele wasn’t on the bus when it happened.


BRETT ELDREDGE has premiered the video for his new song “Lose My Mind”.  Victoria’s Secret model Rachel Hilbert plays a sexy nurse he fantasizes about while locked in a strait jacket . . . which should earn it at least a few repeat viewings.


It’s been a little over two years since MINDY MCCREADY took her own life . . . and now someone’s made a MUSICAL about her life, which included romances with Dean Cain and Roger Clemens.  McCready the Musical is getting a six-week run in L.A. starting May 8th. (Full Story)


Little Big Town took home Vocal Group of the Year at the ACM’s but that wasn’t the only thing…

 

In previous years Kacey Musgraves has taken her grandmother to the ACM’s, but this year she took her grandpa Darrell Gene. So cute!


 

Montgomery Gentry have announced a new album, Folks Like Us, set for release in June, and all this week (April 20-27), The Boot and our partner site Taste of Country will be sharing exclusive previews of the record’s tunes. Today on The Boot, fans can get a sneak peek at “In a Small Town.”

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